Cultivating community : women and agricultural fairs in Ontario /

"For close to two hundred years, families and individuals across Ontario have travelled down country roads and gathered to enjoy seasonal agricultural fairs. Though some features of township and county fairs have endured for generations, these community events have also undergone significant tr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nurse, Jodey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Colección:McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 15.
Temas:
Agricultural exhibitions > Ontario.
Agricultural exhibitions > Ontario > History.
Women in agriculture > Ontario.
Women in agriculture > Ontario > History.
Agricultural exhibitions > Social aspects > Ontario.
Agricultural exhibitions > Social aspects > Ontario > History.
Agriculture > Expositions > Ontario.
Agriculture > Expositions > Ontario > Histoire.
Femmes en agriculture > Ontario.
Femmes en agriculture > Ontario > Histoire.
Agriculture > Expositions > Aspect social > Ontario.
Agriculture > Expositions > Aspect social > Ontario > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural.
Agricultural exhibitions
Women in agriculture
Ontario
4-H.
OAAS.
Ontario association.
agricultural societies.
art.
baking.
biography.
community service.
competition.
cooperation.
domesticity.
entertainment.
exhibitions.
fall fairs.
fancywork.
farming.
femininity.
feminism.
food.
gardening.
household economy.
improvement.
industry.
leadership.
lesiure.
livestock.
manufactures.
material culture.
recreation.
refinement.
respectability.
rural women.
voluntary organizations.
womanhood.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Cultivating Community
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Getting on Board: Women and Agricultural Societies
  • 2 Feeding the Family: Fair Food for All
  • 3 Cultivating Beauty: The Flower Show
  • 4 Providing Comfort, Refinement, and Respectability: Ladies' Domestic Manufactures, Fancywork, and Fine Art
  • 5 Getting Outside the Inside Show: Female Horse and Livestock Exhibitors
  • 6 From Church Booths to Baby Shows: Women on Display
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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